B&Q - M2034T Carbide Tipped Shallow Curve Hollowing Tool

Charnwood

- Shallow Curve Hollowing Tool- Carbide Tip – 9mm Round- Contoured Handles Made From Ash- Distinctive Stainless Steel Ferrules- Handle Length 390mm- Shaft Length 170mm- Supplied In A Transparent Hanging Storage Tube- Replaceable TipIntended UseA scraper is used for refining shapes and smoothing surfaces after the main cutting tools have done most of the shaping.Instead of slicing like a gouge, a scraper removes wood with a controlled scraping action. This makes it especially helpful when you want to fine-tune a surface or deal with tricky grain.Carbide Tipped ToolsCarbide cutting tips will last up to 50 times longer than High Speed Steel (HSS). K10 carbide has an extremely high hardness of 92HRC. This completely removes the need to re-sharpen the cutter. When the cutting edge eventually dulls, each tip can simply be rotated so a new cutting face is used. The Round and Square cutters can be rotated 4 times, the triangle cutter can be rotated twice. After all faces have been used, replace the cutting tip with a new one.This tool is suitable for all kinds of spindle and bowl turning. Can be used with softwoods and hardwoods.HSS vs Carbide?Traditional wood turning chisels are made from HSS. It takes many many hours of practice to master the use of a HSS bowl gouge. It can also take a while to master sharpening of the chisels too. Carbide scraper tools require no sharpening or steep learning curve to use them. The surface finish is not as good, but with an extra couple of minutes sanding, carbide chisels achieve exactly the same results as HSS chisels. New wood turners can pick up a carbide chisel and get instant, satisfying results.